Ibrahim MALLA

Ibrahim Malla, is an Syrian-Italian photographer specialized in the humanitarian and social field and Co-Founder of the Centre. He has documented in recent years the crisis in Syria for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, but he has also worked in Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan,Turkey,Tunisia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sicily, Greece and Ecuador.

He is a volunteer in the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society and in the Italian Red Cross. He has won 7 international photography awards and he has held photography exhibitions in Damascus, Madrid, London, Paris, Geneva, China, Germany, Scotland, Italy, Sydney, Moscow, Norway, Croatia, Bosnia and Italy. Ibrahim Malla’s photos are published by leading international media such as BBC, CNN, Los Angeles Times,The Guardian, and countless National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Ibrahim Malla is the founder of the International School of Humanitarian Photography, a unique and innovative project that aims to train non- profit voulunteers and staff to use photography as an effective means of communication in the humanitarian field. Ibrahim Malla has recently been appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the Red Cross of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mr. Malla is Co-Founder at Centre for Humanitarian Diplomacy in Sarajevo.